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20 September 2024

Leveraging Military Integration and Response for Domestic Disasters

Navy Warfare Development Center is thrilled to announce the release of the "Quick Reference Guide for Navy Commanders: Integrating Military Support to Domestic Disasters"...

29 July 2024

British Royal Navy Cdre. Philip Nash, deputy director, Combined Joint Operations from the Sea, Centre of Excellence, visits NWDC

British Royal Navy Cdre. Philip Nash, deputy director, Combined Joint Operations from the Sea, Centre of Excellence (CJOS COE), visits NWDC on July 29, 2024.NWDC continues to forge strategic relationships with allies and partners, leveraging a foundation of shared values to preserve security and...

18 June 2024

French Vice Adm. visits NWDC

Vice Adm. Christophe Cluzel, Commander, Naval Action Force and Nuclear Naval Air Force, visited NWDC on Tuesday, June 18, 2024. Cluzel was greeted by NWDC Director, Mr. Michael Durkin. During the visit, Cluzel and his staff had the opportunity to take a tour of the Navy Center for Advanced Modeling...

21 May 2024

More than 50 medical professionals participated in the Fleet Health Integration Panel

NWDC hosted the Fleet Health Integration Panel (FHIP) from 21 to 22 May 2024. FHIP serves as the overarching body to identify Health Service Support (HSS) readiness gaps, standardize practices, and organize the delivery of medical capabilities to the fleet. The panel meets in-person semi-annually,...

18 April 2024

U.S. Navy Reserve Sailors Build Warfighting Readiness in Mako Storm 2024

More than 100 Reserve Sailors from U.S. Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT), U.S. 5th Fleet (C5F), and U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFFC) completed Mako Storm 24 that took place April 18-21 in the maritime operations center (MOC) at the Navy Warfare Development Center at Naval Station...

02 November 2023

Navy Warfare Development Center hosted a working-level forum designed to educate participants, identify issues, and develop solutions

As the Navy Lessons Learned Program (NLLP) manager, NWDC utilizes the venue to provide a venue for Joint, OPNAV, four-star and numbered fleet staffs, TYCOMs, SYSCOMs, WDCs, and fleet units to brief, discuss, and collaborate on issues and areas for improving NLLP. This year’s workshop focused on...

19 August 2023

NWDC SUPPORTS LARGE SCALE EXERCISE 2023

More than 25,000 Sailors and Marines across the globe took part in the Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2023 from 9–18 August 2023.The Navy Warfare Development Center (NWDC) planned and hosted the exercise control group—comprised of 150 role players and 13 retired flag officers. Among them were more than...

09 August 2023

Global Exercise Tests 25,000 Sailors and Marines in a Live, Virtual, and Constructive Training Environment

The Large Scale Exercise (LSE) 2023 is underway. LSE 2023 is a massive exercise conducted by U.S. Fleet Forces Command (USFF), U.S. Pacific Fleet (PACFLT), and U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa (NAVEUR/ NAVAF), integrated with respective Marine, numbered fleet forces and staffs, and supported by...

21 July 2023

Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, President, JMSDF Command and Staff College visits NWDC

Mr. Michael Durkin, NWDC Director, welcomed Vice Adm. Hiroshi Egawa, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, President, JMSDF Command and Staff College, Thursday, Jul. 20. Egawa received various briefs designed to provide a better understanding of the U.S. Navy’s overall Doctrine structure, concept...

23 March 2023

NWDC Garners International Attention

Brigadier General (BG) Abudulla Al-Ammari, Commander, Qatari Armed Forces (QAF) concepts and doctrine center visited on Thursday, March 13, 2023 to discuss U.S. engagement strategies on Navy doctrine, concepts, training, exercises, and lessons learned. The visit enhanced the relationship between...

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